Speaker: Xin Li (University of Glasgow)
Host: Huaxin Lin
Abstract: Many important examples of C*-algebras are constructed from topological groupoids, which arise naturally in a variety of areas such as dynamics, topology, geometry and group theory. While a satisfactory theory of groupoid C*-algebras has been developed for groupoids which are Hausdorff, mysterious phenomena and new challenges arise in the setting of non-Hausdorff groupoids. This talk is about a new approach to non-Hausdorff groupoids and their algebras based on Timmermann’s construction of Hausdorff covers (joint work with Brix, Gonzales and Hume).
Time: Friday, April 25, 14:30-15:30 pm
Location: Room 1410, SIMIS
About the speaker: Xin Li is a professor at the University of Glasgow as the Chair of Mathematical Analysis. His research interests include operator algebras, topological dynamics and group theory. He has published multiple papers in prestigious journals such as Invent. Math., J. Eur. Math. Soc., Amer. J. Math., Math. Ann., Comm. Math. Phys. and Adv. Math.